# cede vs cem

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cede
*verb · IPA /siːd/ · frequency rank #34,425*
To give up; yield to another.

### cem
*noun · frequency rank #40,608*
cemetery

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cem